Grotech Ventures

Grotech Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1984, headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, with additional offices in Arlington, Virginia, and Denver, Colorado. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on high-growth technology sectors such as social and digital media, e-commerce, mobile and cloud software, enterprise software, big data analytics, security technologies, and healthcare IT. Grotech Ventures does not invest in life sciences, biotech sectors, or foreign entities. It primarily targets underserved venture markets across the United States, including areas like Charlotte, Northern Virginia, Atlanta, and the Rocky Mountain region. The firm typically makes initial investments ranging from $500,000 to $5 million and seeks to support portfolio companies through subsequent funding rounds. Grotech Ventures prefers to take a lead role in its investments and often secures a board seat, emphasizing a collaborative, long-term partnership with entrepreneurs to drive growth and innovation.

Frank Adams

Founder and Managing General Partner

Darren Appanah

vice_president

Charles P. Cullen

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer & General Partner

Chuck Cullen

General Partner, COO and CFO

Lawson DeVries

Managing General Partner

Steve Fredrick

General Partner

Sharon Gogol

Vice President, Controller

Meghan Pfeifer

Director, Finance

Donald Rainey

General Partner

Douglas M. Schmidt

Partner

Julia Taxin

General Partner

Andrew Winslow

Vice President

Joseph Zell

General Partner and Venture Partner

Past deals in District of Columbia

Tellius

Series A in 2021
Tomorrow's Insights Today: Spend less time on reporting and more time on executing. We built Tellius to make big data simple for the modern workforce. Cut through swathes of information and find the answers you’re looking for whether you’re an IT pro, marketing guru or C-level exec. Tellius extends traditional self-service BI concepts through the use search-enabled visualizations and a proprietary recommendation engine that automates the basic interpretation and analysis of data. Using machine learning, Tellius analyzes data to find hidden correlations, trends and anomalies which are then presented as a set of suggested visualizations and predictive models. Unlike traditional BI tools, Tellius is built on a distributed architecture (Apache Spark) which provides the scale and performance required for Big Data environments.

ChurnZero

Series B in 2021
ChurnZero, Inc. is a company that provides a SaaS platform designed specifically for subscription businesses to enhance customer retention and reduce churn. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, ChurnZero's software enables organizations to monitor customer engagement through real-time dashboards, allowing them to receive alerts on significant customer activities. The platform facilitates the analysis of customer usage patterns, assesses customer health, and determines the likelihood of renewals. By automating communications and personalizing customer interactions based on engagement metrics, ChurnZero empowers businesses to connect with customers when they are most receptive, ultimately improving the overall customer experience.

WireWheel

Series B in 2021
WireWheel, Inc. is a software company that specializes in data privacy management, offering a cloud-based platform designed to assist organizations in complying with various data protection regulations, such as the EU GDPR, Privacy Shield, PCI DSS, and HIPAA. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, WireWheel's platform provides tools for privacy program management and subject rights request management. By integrating machine learning and data science, the platform helps companies automate the mapping of their public cloud assets and manage third-party relationships. This capability enables organizations to effectively address their compliance obligations while maximizing the potential of their data assets, ultimately enhancing their competitive advantage in the market.

Stardog

Series B in 2019
Stardog Union Inc. is a software company based in Arlington, Virginia, specializing in semantic technology. The company develops Stardog, a semantic graph database and enterprise data unification platform that features capabilities like query, search, inference, and data virtualization. Stardog Cloud, its cloud-native enterprise knowledge graph platform, enhances these offerings. The company's solutions cater to various industries, providing tools for compliance and audit in finance, customer information integration in retail, smart grid solutions in energy, and support for drug discovery and clinical trials in healthcare. Additionally, Stardog offers training services and different versions of its products to meet diverse user needs. Notable clients include Bosch, Ericsson, BNY Mellon, NASA, and the NIH, highlighting Stardog's role in facilitating digital transformations across multiple sectors. Founded in 2005 and previously known as Complexible Inc., Stardog has gained recognition for its innovative approach to data management.

ChurnZero

Series A in 2019
ChurnZero, Inc. is a company that provides a SaaS platform designed specifically for subscription businesses to enhance customer retention and reduce churn. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, ChurnZero's software enables organizations to monitor customer engagement through real-time dashboards, allowing them to receive alerts on significant customer activities. The platform facilitates the analysis of customer usage patterns, assesses customer health, and determines the likelihood of renewals. By automating communications and personalizing customer interactions based on engagement metrics, ChurnZero empowers businesses to connect with customers when they are most receptive, ultimately improving the overall customer experience.

Threater

Series A in 2019
Bandura uses simple, innovative technology and best-in-class threat intelligence to secure your networks, data and users in real time - wherever they are. Whether it’s from data we provide out of the box, data from one of our Partner Integrations - or any other data source you have - we block attacks from up to 150 Million malicious IPs and domains in real-time, with no latency. At Bandura, we believe nothing scales like simplicity. We make blocking threats smart and simple - at scale - everywhere.

WireWheel

Series A in 2018
WireWheel, Inc. is a software company that specializes in data privacy management, offering a cloud-based platform designed to assist organizations in complying with various data protection regulations, such as the EU GDPR, Privacy Shield, PCI DSS, and HIPAA. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, WireWheel's platform provides tools for privacy program management and subject rights request management. By integrating machine learning and data science, the platform helps companies automate the mapping of their public cloud assets and manage third-party relationships. This capability enables organizations to effectively address their compliance obligations while maximizing the potential of their data assets, ultimately enhancing their competitive advantage in the market.

Threater

Series A in 2018
Bandura uses simple, innovative technology and best-in-class threat intelligence to secure your networks, data and users in real time - wherever they are. Whether it’s from data we provide out of the box, data from one of our Partner Integrations - or any other data source you have - we block attacks from up to 150 Million malicious IPs and domains in real-time, with no latency. At Bandura, we believe nothing scales like simplicity. We make blocking threats smart and simple - at scale - everywhere.

Optoro

Series E in 2018
Optoro, Inc. operates a reverse logistics platform that specializes in asset recovery solutions for distressed inventory from retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. The company facilitates direct-to-consumer remarketing for items such as customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished goods through various online channels. In addition to remarketing, Optoro offers a range of inventory management services, including warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, research, marketing, and eco-friendly disposal of products. It also provides asset maximization services that encompass multi-channel remarketing, custom inventory controls, and reporting and analytics. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with a location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Optoro serves customers both in the United States and internationally, aiming to enhance the returns experience while optimizing supply chain processes.

Stardog

Series A in 2017
Stardog Union Inc. is a software company based in Arlington, Virginia, specializing in semantic technology. The company develops Stardog, a semantic graph database and enterprise data unification platform that features capabilities like query, search, inference, and data virtualization. Stardog Cloud, its cloud-native enterprise knowledge graph platform, enhances these offerings. The company's solutions cater to various industries, providing tools for compliance and audit in finance, customer information integration in retail, smart grid solutions in energy, and support for drug discovery and clinical trials in healthcare. Additionally, Stardog offers training services and different versions of its products to meet diverse user needs. Notable clients include Bosch, Ericsson, BNY Mellon, NASA, and the NIH, highlighting Stardog's role in facilitating digital transformations across multiple sectors. Founded in 2005 and previously known as Complexible Inc., Stardog has gained recognition for its innovative approach to data management.

Airside

Series A in 2017
Airside Mobile, Inc. is a technology company based in Arlington, Virginia, that focuses on enhancing the travel experience through innovative digital identity products and mobile applications. Founded in 2009, the company offers a platform that allows users to download mobile boarding passes and check flight status, departure and arrival gates, and weather updates. One of its key applications, Airside Express, helps travelers navigate the airport by providing access to services such as express security queues and on-site dining options. Additionally, the award-winning Mobile Passport app, developed in collaboration with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other partners, streamlines the customs entry process for visitors arriving in the U.S. at nearly 30 major airports and cruise ports. Airside Mobile prioritizes data privacy and security while working with both private and public entities to create seamless travel experiences.

ChurnZero

Seed Round in 2017
ChurnZero, Inc. is a company that provides a SaaS platform designed specifically for subscription businesses to enhance customer retention and reduce churn. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, ChurnZero's software enables organizations to monitor customer engagement through real-time dashboards, allowing them to receive alerts on significant customer activities. The platform facilitates the analysis of customer usage patterns, assesses customer health, and determines the likelihood of renewals. By automating communications and personalizing customer interactions based on engagement metrics, ChurnZero empowers businesses to connect with customers when they are most receptive, ultimately improving the overall customer experience.

UrbanStems

Series A in 2017
UrbanStems Inc. provides on-demand flower delivery services. It offers fresh flowers and seasonal stems for various occasions; floral arrangements for businesses; and gift cards. The company also provides flower arrangement classes; and iOS application for ordering flowers. It offers its services in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. through its online portal. UrbanStems Inc. was formerly known as MireDreams, LLC. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Washington, District Of Columbia.

HUMAN

Series B in 2016
HUMAN is a cybersecurity company focused on safeguarding enterprises from bot attacks, thereby enhancing digital experiences for genuine users. The company employs its advanced Human Verification Engine to protect applications, APIs, and digital media from malicious bot activity, which can lead to significant financial losses and degrade user experience. HUMAN verifies over 10 trillion interactions weekly for major companies and internet platforms, ensuring that digital engagements are legitimate. Its solutions cover a range of sectors, including advertising, publishing, and enterprise, addressing various threats such as automated fraud, data scraping, and account takeovers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., London, and Victoria, HUMAN continues to innovate in the field of online security.

ThreatConnect

Series B in 2015
ThreatConnect® arms organizations with a powerful defense against cyber threats and the confidence to make strategic business decisions. Built on the industry’s only intelligence-driven, extensible security platform, ThreatConnect provides a suite of products designed to meet the threat intelligence aggregation, analysis and automation needs of security teams at any maturity level. More than 1,600 companies and agencies worldwide deploy the ThreatConnect platform to fully integrate their security technologies, teams, & processes with relevant threat intelligence resulting in reduced detection to response time and enhanced asset protection.

Contactually

Series A in 2015
Contactually converts your contacts to relationships, all through email. The system identifies when you email a new lead, shows what you already know about him, and asks a few specific questions to learn more: how did you meet, how important is he, what are the next steps. The system then parses your response and automatically pushes all rich data to your CRM.

CircleBack

Series C in 2015
Founded outside of Washington DC, CircleBack, Inc. is a technology company dedicated to solving a major productivity problem: keeping contact data accurate. Using a patented data engine, CircleBack lets you know when connections change jobs, companies, email addresses, and work numbers, delivering these updates directly to mobile address books and CRMs. This makes it easier than ever for both professionals and businesses to keep connections alive and get stuff done faster and with more accuracy.

Optoro

Series C in 2014
Optoro, Inc. operates a reverse logistics platform that specializes in asset recovery solutions for distressed inventory from retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. The company facilitates direct-to-consumer remarketing for items such as customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished goods through various online channels. In addition to remarketing, Optoro offers a range of inventory management services, including warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, research, marketing, and eco-friendly disposal of products. It also provides asset maximization services that encompass multi-channel remarketing, custom inventory controls, and reporting and analytics. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with a location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Optoro serves customers both in the United States and internationally, aiming to enhance the returns experience while optimizing supply chain processes.

ThreatConnect

Series A in 2014
ThreatConnect® arms organizations with a powerful defense against cyber threats and the confidence to make strategic business decisions. Built on the industry’s only intelligence-driven, extensible security platform, ThreatConnect provides a suite of products designed to meet the threat intelligence aggregation, analysis and automation needs of security teams at any maturity level. More than 1,600 companies and agencies worldwide deploy the ThreatConnect platform to fully integrate their security technologies, teams, & processes with relevant threat intelligence resulting in reduced detection to response time and enhanced asset protection.

AnyPresence

Series B in 2014
AnyPresence is an enterprise platform for the app economy that dramatically reduces the time and cost of mobile-enabling enterprise business processes, products, and services. It is the only solution that offers organizations the ability to assemble and deploy backend servers, native iOS, native Android, and HTML5 mobile apps with 100% native, portable source code. The patent-pending AnyPresence platform also includes the ability to generate sample mobile apps from within API management portals, increasing adoption, and accelerating time-to-market for apps that incorporate a company's data or services. The platform is easy to use, yet flexible enough to enable source code-level customization or on-premise hosting options.

WiserTogether

Series B in 2014
WiserTogether’s personalized healthcare treatment comparison software enables consumers to choose the right treatment – most effective in the outcome, most personally suitable, and most cost-effective and affordable. The result is improved health and improved costs for consumers, their employers, payers, and providers. The company serves over 3 million people through their employers and health plans. It was founded in 2008 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

HUMAN

Series A in 2014
HUMAN is a cybersecurity company focused on safeguarding enterprises from bot attacks, thereby enhancing digital experiences for genuine users. The company employs its advanced Human Verification Engine to protect applications, APIs, and digital media from malicious bot activity, which can lead to significant financial losses and degrade user experience. HUMAN verifies over 10 trillion interactions weekly for major companies and internet platforms, ensuring that digital engagements are legitimate. Its solutions cover a range of sectors, including advertising, publishing, and enterprise, addressing various threats such as automated fraud, data scraping, and account takeovers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., London, and Victoria, HUMAN continues to innovate in the field of online security.

Ryft Systems Inc.

Venture Round in 2014
Ryft Systems, Inc., a big data analytics platform company, provides virtual and heterogeneous compute solutions that accelerate and streamline terabyte- to petabyte-scale data analytics ecosystems. The company offers a hosted or on premise compute accelerator that provides real time business insights into historical and streaming data; Ryft CLUSTER for petabyte-scale data analysis operations; Ryft ONE, a commercial 1U platform that provides business insights by simultaneously analyzing historical and streaming data; and enables data scientists and business analysts to extract intelligence from data in real time; and a real time fuzzy search and matching solution to find un-indexed data. It serves retail, finance, defense, and healthcare markets. Ryft Systems, Inc. was formerly known as Data Design Corporation. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Rockville, Maryland.

Intellinote

Series A in 2014
Intellinote is a team productivity platform designed to enhance collaboration and efficiency among team members. It is accessible via the web, tablets, and smartphones, allowing teams of up to five people to use it for free. The platform facilitates the capture of notes, ideas, and documents, ensuring that critical information is easily retrievable. Users can collaborate by sharing files, assigning tasks, and engaging with colleagues and clients, which streamlines project management and communication processes. Intellinote supports various industries by providing tools tailored for specific needs, including sales proposals, consulting engagement management, marketing campaign planning, product release tracking, and human resources tasks. By simplifying everyday work processes, Intellinote helps teams complete projects and tasks more efficiently, ultimately boosting productivity.

Invincea

Series C in 2013
Invincea, Inc. specializes in advanced endpoint security software solutions designed to protect organizations from sophisticated cyber threats. Founded in 2006 and based in Fairfax, Virginia, the company serves various sectors, including education, finance, healthcare, and government. Its flagship product, X by Invincea, enables businesses to detect and prevent threats, allowing employees to work securely both in the office and remotely. Invincea's technology employs machine learning and behavioral monitoring to address vulnerabilities associated with targeted attacks like spear phishing and web exploits. The company has been recognized for its innovation, winning numerous awards since its inception, and it maintains an OEM partnership with Dell to deliver its security solutions across millions of devices. As a subsidiary of Sophos Group plc since 2017, Invincea continues to enhance its offerings to combat the evolving landscape of cyber threats.

WiserTogether

Venture Round in 2013
WiserTogether’s personalized healthcare treatment comparison software enables consumers to choose the right treatment – most effective in the outcome, most personally suitable, and most cost-effective and affordable. The result is improved health and improved costs for consumers, their employers, payers, and providers. The company serves over 3 million people through their employers and health plans. It was founded in 2008 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

Optoro

Series B in 2013
Optoro, Inc. operates a reverse logistics platform that specializes in asset recovery solutions for distressed inventory from retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. The company facilitates direct-to-consumer remarketing for items such as customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished goods through various online channels. In addition to remarketing, Optoro offers a range of inventory management services, including warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, research, marketing, and eco-friendly disposal of products. It also provides asset maximization services that encompass multi-channel remarketing, custom inventory controls, and reporting and analytics. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with a location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Optoro serves customers both in the United States and internationally, aiming to enhance the returns experience while optimizing supply chain processes.

LivingSocial

Venture Round in 2013
LivingSocial is an online local marketplace that allows users to discover and share various activities and services in major cities. The platform offers a diverse range of categories, including restaurants, events, sports and fitness, health and beauty, travel, and shopping, which encompasses beauty products, fashion, gadgets, and home goods. Additionally, LivingSocial provides options for gifts and coupons suitable for various occasions, such as anniversaries and birthdays. Serving both local merchants and national brands, LivingSocial connects consumers with a wide array of offerings while promoting local businesses. Founded in 2007 and initially known as Hungry Machine, LivingSocial is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been operating as a subsidiary of Groupon since October 2016.

Optoro

Series A in 2013
Optoro, Inc. operates a reverse logistics platform that specializes in asset recovery solutions for distressed inventory from retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. The company facilitates direct-to-consumer remarketing for items such as customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished goods through various online channels. In addition to remarketing, Optoro offers a range of inventory management services, including warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, research, marketing, and eco-friendly disposal of products. It also provides asset maximization services that encompass multi-channel remarketing, custom inventory controls, and reporting and analytics. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with a location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Optoro serves customers both in the United States and internationally, aiming to enhance the returns experience while optimizing supply chain processes.

AnyPresence

Series A in 2012
AnyPresence is an enterprise platform for the app economy that dramatically reduces the time and cost of mobile-enabling enterprise business processes, products, and services. It is the only solution that offers organizations the ability to assemble and deploy backend servers, native iOS, native Android, and HTML5 mobile apps with 100% native, portable source code. The patent-pending AnyPresence platform also includes the ability to generate sample mobile apps from within API management portals, increasing adoption, and accelerating time-to-market for apps that incorporate a company's data or services. The platform is easy to use, yet flexible enough to enable source code-level customization or on-premise hosting options.

LogiAnalytics

Private Equity Round in 2011
Logi is an analytics provider that focuses on embedding analytics in commercial and enterprise applications. It enables organizations to put real-time information to work by allowing users to create web-based business intelligence and analytic applications that can be integrated directly within organizations' applications, systems, and processes.

WiserTogether

Series A in 2011
WiserTogether’s personalized healthcare treatment comparison software enables consumers to choose the right treatment – most effective in the outcome, most personally suitable, and most cost-effective and affordable. The result is improved health and improved costs for consumers, their employers, payers, and providers. The company serves over 3 million people through their employers and health plans. It was founded in 2008 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

Personal.com

Series A in 2011
Personal is a cloud-based data vault and automated form-filling service that enables users to securely control, import, store, and share their personal data and documents. The platform is designed with a strong emphasis on privacy and security, allowing individuals to manage their information confidently while ensuring that they retain ownership of their data. Users can quickly complete a wide range of mobile and web forms with the reusable data stored in their vault. Personal's innovative approach to data control has garnered attention from various national and international media outlets, highlighting its commitment to helping individuals maximize the value of their data while maintaining strict access permissions. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

HelloWallet

Series A in 2010
HelloWallet improves the performance of organizations by providing independent guidance that aligns corporate spending with human capital needs. Our cloud-based products enable executives with a data platform for making workforce compensation and rewards decisions that drive sustained improvements in engagement and wellness. We do this with web and mobile applications that provide personalized guidance to employees for converting their salary and benefits into prosperity. HelloWallet operates a double bottom line business model, for every five subscriptions we sell we donate one subscription to a family in need through one of our philanthropic partners.

LivingSocial

Series C in 2010
LivingSocial is an online local marketplace that allows users to discover and share various activities and services in major cities. The platform offers a diverse range of categories, including restaurants, events, sports and fitness, health and beauty, travel, and shopping, which encompasses beauty products, fashion, gadgets, and home goods. Additionally, LivingSocial provides options for gifts and coupons suitable for various occasions, such as anniversaries and birthdays. Serving both local merchants and national brands, LivingSocial connects consumers with a wide array of offerings while promoting local businesses. Founded in 2007 and initially known as Hungry Machine, LivingSocial is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been operating as a subsidiary of Groupon since October 2016.

LivingSocial

Series B in 2010
LivingSocial is an online local marketplace that allows users to discover and share various activities and services in major cities. The platform offers a diverse range of categories, including restaurants, events, sports and fitness, health and beauty, travel, and shopping, which encompasses beauty products, fashion, gadgets, and home goods. Additionally, LivingSocial provides options for gifts and coupons suitable for various occasions, such as anniversaries and birthdays. Serving both local merchants and national brands, LivingSocial connects consumers with a wide array of offerings while promoting local businesses. Founded in 2007 and initially known as Hungry Machine, LivingSocial is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been operating as a subsidiary of Groupon since October 2016.

LivingSocial

Series B in 2010
LivingSocial is an online local marketplace that allows users to discover and share various activities and services in major cities. The platform offers a diverse range of categories, including restaurants, events, sports and fitness, health and beauty, travel, and shopping, which encompasses beauty products, fashion, gadgets, and home goods. Additionally, LivingSocial provides options for gifts and coupons suitable for various occasions, such as anniversaries and birthdays. Serving both local merchants and national brands, LivingSocial connects consumers with a wide array of offerings while promoting local businesses. Founded in 2007 and initially known as Hungry Machine, LivingSocial is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been operating as a subsidiary of Groupon since October 2016.

Invincea

Series A in 2009
Invincea, Inc. specializes in advanced endpoint security software solutions designed to protect organizations from sophisticated cyber threats. Founded in 2006 and based in Fairfax, Virginia, the company serves various sectors, including education, finance, healthcare, and government. Its flagship product, X by Invincea, enables businesses to detect and prevent threats, allowing employees to work securely both in the office and remotely. Invincea's technology employs machine learning and behavioral monitoring to address vulnerabilities associated with targeted attacks like spear phishing and web exploits. The company has been recognized for its innovation, winning numerous awards since its inception, and it maintains an OEM partnership with Dell to deliver its security solutions across millions of devices. As a subsidiary of Sophos Group plc since 2017, Invincea continues to enhance its offerings to combat the evolving landscape of cyber threats.

Rollstream

Series B in 2008
RollStream is a provider enterprise community management software. Specifically, RollStream delivers an online solution for accelerating communications and collaboration across the global supply chain. Companies like McKesson Medical-Surgical, Owens & Minor and Tesco use RollStream to significantly reduce the cost and time required to onboard partners, communicate operational changes, and rollout sales and marketing initiatives.

LogiAnalytics

Venture Round in 2008
Logi is an analytics provider that focuses on embedding analytics in commercial and enterprise applications. It enables organizations to put real-time information to work by allowing users to create web-based business intelligence and analytic applications that can be integrated directly within organizations' applications, systems, and processes.

Clarabridge

Series C in 2008
Clarabridge is a prominent Customer Experience Management platform that assists leading brands in enhancing their customer experience. The company employs advanced text analytics and enterprise survey tools to analyze various forms of customer feedback. By transforming this feedback into actionable insights, Clarabridge enables businesses to make informed decisions that improve customer satisfaction and engagement. Through its robust solutions, the company empowers organizations to understand their customers better and take decisive actions to elevate their overall experience.

LivingSocial

Series A in 2008
LivingSocial is an online local marketplace that allows users to discover and share various activities and services in major cities. The platform offers a diverse range of categories, including restaurants, events, sports and fitness, health and beauty, travel, and shopping, which encompasses beauty products, fashion, gadgets, and home goods. Additionally, LivingSocial provides options for gifts and coupons suitable for various occasions, such as anniversaries and birthdays. Serving both local merchants and national brands, LivingSocial connects consumers with a wide array of offerings while promoting local businesses. Founded in 2007 and initially known as Hungry Machine, LivingSocial is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been operating as a subsidiary of Groupon since October 2016.

SnappCloud

Series C in 2007
SnappCloud brings apps to the world's premier devices. The demand for apps on devices is staggering. According to Gartner, in 2011, over 800 million PCs, tablets and smartphones were sold. In 2016, over 2.5 billion of these devices will be sold. 64% of consumers say that on their next device upgrade they want apps built for the device. SnappCloud helps device makers and app developers meet the demand. They design, build, and operate branded app stores for device makers. Their curated approach brings best-in-class apps to customers. SnappCloud is located in Washington, DC. For more information, please visit http://snappcloud.com/ or follow @SnappCloud.

Rollstream

Series A in 2007
RollStream is a provider enterprise community management software. Specifically, RollStream delivers an online solution for accelerating communications and collaboration across the global supply chain. Companies like McKesson Medical-Surgical, Owens & Minor and Tesco use RollStream to significantly reduce the cost and time required to onboard partners, communicate operational changes, and rollout sales and marketing initiatives.

BNX Systems

Private Equity Round in 2004
BNX Systems is a provider of enterprise-wide Controlled Access Management. The flagship BNX Authenticated Sign-On solution offers organizations a stronger and more efficient method of user log-on that streamlines access to critical applications. This patented solution minimizes user and IT interaction for application access, yielding high productivity and rapid return on investment.

BroadSoft

Series C in 2004
BroadSoft, Inc. is a prominent provider of software and services that empower telecommunications service providers to offer hosted cloud-based unified communications (UC) to enterprise customers across various regions, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company's main products include UC-One, which integrates various communication and collaboration tools such as phone services, messaging, and video conferencing; Team-One, a solution for project management and collaboration; BroadSoft Hub, which connects real-time communications with cloud applications; and CC-One, a contact center solution for multi-channel customer interactions. BroadSoft's offerings are delivered through its BroadWorks application server and BroadCloud platform. The company also provides professional support services, including installation, project management, and training. Catering to over 500 telecommunications service provider customers, BroadSoft operates in more than 70 countries and serves many of the largest telecommunications carriers globally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, BroadSoft became a subsidiary of Cisco Systems in 2018.

Chicken Out Rotisserie

Venture Round in 2002
Treating your family, your guests, and yourself to flavorful, high-quality, inexpensive meals has never been more convenient. At Chicken Out, they provide award-winning, always fresh, 100% all-natural chicken, served in a variety of scrumptious dishes, from platters to salads, from breasts to filets, and from sandwiches to soups to rotisserie on the bone. They marinate their chickens in a special blend of natural herbs and spices, slow rotisserie roast them to perfection, and serve them fresh and juicy. To make your mealtime planning as simple as possible, Chicken Out provides many options for ordering. You can order online and pick up your meal at one of their local restaurants. Or, join us for in-house dining. Chicken Out also provides on-demand catering services. Call us, or email us, and they’ll provide a catered meal for a large group within two hours. And if you need the meal sooner, call us for immediate assistance.

BroadSoft

Series C in 2002
BroadSoft, Inc. is a prominent provider of software and services that empower telecommunications service providers to offer hosted cloud-based unified communications (UC) to enterprise customers across various regions, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company's main products include UC-One, which integrates various communication and collaboration tools such as phone services, messaging, and video conferencing; Team-One, a solution for project management and collaboration; BroadSoft Hub, which connects real-time communications with cloud applications; and CC-One, a contact center solution for multi-channel customer interactions. BroadSoft's offerings are delivered through its BroadWorks application server and BroadCloud platform. The company also provides professional support services, including installation, project management, and training. Catering to over 500 telecommunications service provider customers, BroadSoft operates in more than 70 countries and serves many of the largest telecommunications carriers globally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, BroadSoft became a subsidiary of Cisco Systems in 2018.

Multicity

Series B in 2000
Multicity.com is empowering worldwide communication through the development of multilingual product suites. Available in a growing number of international languages for consumers and businesses, Multicity.com's diverse range of Web-enabled products and services include the first instant translation-enabled chat rooms and instant messaging, message boards, voting booths. In early 1999, Multicity.com started by creating a decentralized global network comprised of tens of thousands of independent web sites, interconnected through Multicity.com's multilingual communications tools. The network was self-organized around users' common interests.